Louisbourg, 1758

A PLAN of the Coast of GABARUS BAY from the West end of / KENNINGTON COVE to WHITE POINT shewing the several / Batteries and Retrenchments made by the FRENCH to oppose / the landing of his BRITANICK MAJESTY’S Troops

C.G. Kennedy (active 1758) (surveyor and draughtsman) [below title:] By C.G. Kennedy.

Watermark: Fleur-de-lys

Mark, stamped: 842

Condition: four fold lines; surface dirt along right edge

Scale: 1:4,800 approx. Scale of 400 Feet to an Inch [134 mm =] 2000 Feet; [209 mm =] 1000 Yards.

28.2 x 138.1 cm (neatline)

30.0 x 138.5 cm (image)

30.9 x 139.2 cm (sheet)

Manuscript title:

A PLAN of the Coast of GABARUS BAY from the West end of / KENNINGTON COVE to WHITE POINT shewing the several / Batteries and Retrenchments made by the FRENCH to oppose / the landing of his BRITANICK MAJESTY’S Troops. [top centre]

Additional text:

[left, inside border, a key, A-I, K-O, continued on the right side of the map, P-T, V-Z, a-c, to the details on the map:] REFERENCES.

Annotations:

George III heading [on a white paper strip pasted to verso:] Louisbourg 8 June 1758.

Other annotations: none.

George III catalogue entry:

Louisbourg A drawn Plan of the Coast of Gabarus Bay in the vicinity of Louisburg, from the West end of Kennington Cove to White Point, shewing the several Batteries and Entrenchments made by the French to oppose the landing of His Britannic Majesty’s Troops under Major General Amherst on the 8.^th of June 1758: by Captain Kennedy. 3 small sheets; inclosing another copy of D.^o.